Bundjalung Dictionary

English: brush turkey, scrub turkey, Bustard
Bundjalung: wagun
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Category: bird
Comment: Mur:Sc:Hargrv has margun, probably misread.
Gold Coast Tweed: Ng:Sc:Rankn:RichmdTweed waugoon; Ng:Sc:Mur margoon brush turkey; Ng:Sc:RichmdR2/1911 wangoon turkey; Ng:Sc:Tweed(?) wachan a turkey ; Y:Alln wagun turkey (bustard); Y:Watsn w
Lower Richmond: Bj:TMcD:Gomes , Cowln waghan turkey; Bj:Sc:Coraki waggun brush turkey; Ny:Sc:Ballina3/1903 wowkan brush turkey;
South West: Wa:Crowl wild turkey; Wa/Gd:Calley wogun scrub turkey ;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt; Gd:Sc:JThomas UClarnce wargorn scrub turkey ;

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